| breaking away | departing hastily |
break breakout
jailbreak
gaolbreak
prisonbreak
prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
curve curve ball
breaking ball
bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
breakage
break
breaking | the act of breaking something, the breakage was unavoidable |
breakaway
breaking away | the act of breaking away or withdrawing from, there was a breakaway by the discontented members, a breaking away from family and neighborhood |
notch
nick
snick | a small cut |
crime
offense criminal offense
criminal offence
offence law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law, usually considered an evil act, a long record of crimes |
housebreaking
break-in
breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
fart
farting
flatus
wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
rut
groove | a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape, they fell into a conversational rut |
breaking off
abruption | an instance of sudden interruption |
| notch | a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface, there were four notches in the handle of his revolver |
| tongue and groove joint | a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board |
groove
vallecula | (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part |
| costal groove | groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are |
| mandibular notch | small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone |
pass
mountain pass
notch | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks, we got through the pass before it started to snow |
| breaking point | the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks |
groove
channel | a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation, mandibular notch |
| breaking point | (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial |
| notch | notch a surface to record something |
| notch | cut or make a notch into, notch the rope |
furrow
rut
groove | hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove, furrow soil |
| groove | make a groove in, or provide with a groove, groove a vinyl record |
| record-breaking | surpassing any previously established record, a record-breaking high jump, record-breaking crowds |
| fast-breaking | occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession, the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion |
preset
predetermined | set in advance, a preset plan of action, at a predetermined time |
ace
A-one
crack
first-rate
super
tiptop
topnotch
top-notch
tops(p) | of the highest quality, an ace reporter, a crack shot, a first-rate golfer, a super party, played top-notch tennis, an athlete in tiptop condition, she is absolutely tops |